Paul vs. Joshua ended at 1:31 of the sixth round on December 19, 2025, when Anthony Joshua knocked out Jake Paul at the Kaseya Center in Miami. It was a heavyweight fight scheduled for eight rounds. Joshua came out of it at 29-4 with 26 KOs, and Paul at 12-2 with 7 KOs.
Joshua meets Tyson Fury on December 11, 2026, in Cardiff. Paul meets Cedric Doumbe on December 24, 2026, in Dubai.
How Joshua beat Paul
Paul went down four times. Two knockdowns came in round 5: the first from a body shot, the second from a 1-2. Two more came in round 6. A right hand put him down first, and then a short right hand ended the fight.
Joshua landed 48 of 146 punches, a 32.9% rate, and 31 of those 48 came in rounds 5 and 6. Paul landed 16 of 56, a 28.6% rate. He landed none in round 6.
The size gap was large. Paul weighed 216.6 pounds and Joshua 243.4, under a contract limit of 245. Joshua was also 5 inches taller with 6 inches more reach. Even so, his own verdict afterwards was “It wasn’t the best performance”.
The punch that ended the fight broke Paul’s jaw, and he had surgery. For Joshua it was a return: his first fight after a 15-month layoff that followed his knockout loss to Daniel Dubois.
What the result settled
A knockout at 1:31 of round 6 settles the main markets without argument: Joshua to win, Joshua by knockout and the fight not going the distance all won. On round totals, the fight passed 4.5 and 5.5 rounds and stayed under 6.5, because it ended in round 6.
Fury vs. Joshua: December 11 in Cardiff
Fury and Joshua fight on Friday, December 11, 2026, at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds and will be shown on Netflix. The vacant WBA “super” heavyweight title is at stake: promoter Frank Warren confirmed on October 14, 2026, that the WBA title is on the line. Deontay Wilder vs. Jai Opetaia, a 12-round heavyweight fight, is on the same card.
In July 2026, Prenga dropped Joshua twice in the first round, and Joshua then won by second-round knockout. ESPN listed both records on October 22, 2026: Joshua 30-4 with 27 KOs, and Fury 36-2-1 with 25 KOs.
The Fury vs. Joshua odds at 04:59 UTC on November 5, 2026, on Bovada were Fury -190 and Joshua +145. Those prices imply a 65.5% chance for Fury and 40.8% for Joshua. The two add up to more than 100% because of the book’s margin, which is the extra a book builds into its prices so that it profits on either result.
Jake Paul’s next fight: Doumbe on December 24
Paul fights Cedric Doumbe at cruiserweight on December 24, 2026, in Dubai. Doumbe is 34 and a former two-time Glory kickboxing world champion. His kickboxing record is 75-7-1 and his MMA record is 6-1. He has had one pro boxing fight, a win in 2015.
Paul’s jaw needed surgeries in December and February, and it now holds two titanium plates. He says he will retire from boxing if he loses. At 04:59 UTC on November 5, 2026, on Bovada, Paul was -350 and Doumbe +250, implied chances of 77.8% and 28.6%. The fight has its own page: Jake Paul vs. Doumbe odds.
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